Posted on 06/14/2015 9:05:20 AM PDT by armydawg505
On Thursday, KTLA-5 reported on hidden camera footage that showed some objectionable behavior from police officers during a raid on an unlicensed marijuana dispensary. The cops were recorded playing darts on the job, eating pot-laced baked goods, and even joking about assaulting a woman with an amputated leg.
The footage shows that eight officers had masks on and their guns drawn when they entered Sky High Holistic, shouting “everybody on the ground” to customers and workers. After clearing the building of everyone present, the police began to remove the store’s mounted surveillance cameras, though they did not get the ones hidden by the owners when they heard about the upcoming raid.
Marla James, the amputee seen in the footage, intends to sue the city for allegations of police misconduct. Her reasons stem from a part of the video showing that as soon as she left the building, the cops started to crack jokes about her condition. One cop even said, “I was about to kick her in her f—ing nub.”
“They intimidated me. They threatened me,” James said, who is considered legally blind. “What they did, it was like shooting fish in a barrel.”
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Yeah! You’re right! Tell it to those cop haters!
These cops aren’t corrupt, the video just makes it look that.
Let’s wait for the whole story!
Don’t people believe in “innocent until proven guilty”?
Geez, what has happened to Freerepublic?!?!?!?!
Why go after the cameras if you are just interested in the dvr machine itself and its contents?
I hope you are being sarcastic. I am not a cop hater in any fashion and support them relentlessly. I supported the actions of the cops in Ferguson MO, Texas and elsewhere. I do hate to see them break the very laws they write tickets and arrest others for, like speeding for example. Virtually every cop believes speeding is a perk of the job. I have a simple motto: You can’t enforce the law if you don’t obey the law.
What are you advocating...anarchy?!?!??!
Who says they are after the recorder? I assume they are operating under the authority of a search warrant, show me what it says? I am not the one pronouncing guilt based on a video produced by frog faced woman, the marijuana peddler, and sliezeball, her attorney. If the cops are bad, which now seems to be established by seizing camera equipment, they will pay a price. I am not willing judge them souly on the accusations of an alleged criminal and her attorney. Speaking of alleged, isn’t it interesting that more obvious criminal activity by certain elements of society is given a pass, but when it comes to cops, they are guilty any time a criminal says they are.
Far too harsh. Former cops are never put with the general population, certain death.
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